IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs Iron Mountain Connect comparison

IBM and Iron Mountain are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. IBM is ranked #51 with an average rating of 6.3, while Iron Mountain is ranked #61. IBM holds a 1.1% mindshare in BRS, compared to Iron Mountain’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Iron Mountain users who would recommend it.

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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85% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Iron Mountain Connect and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are two data management solutions. Users report that while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus has superior features making it worth its higher price, Iron Mountain Connect is more favorable in terms of pricing and support.

Features: Iron Mountain Connect is praised for robust data security, compliance features, and ease of use. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus delivers comprehensive data protection, advanced backup and restore capabilities, and supports hybrid environments.

Room for Improvement: Iron Mountain Connect could improve scalability, integration capabilities, and flexibility. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus users suggest enhancements in simplicity, technical support response times, and deployment efficiency.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Iron Mountain Connect offers a straightforward deployment process and reliable customer service. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, though involving a more complex setup, provides extensive support resources and better customization options.

Pricing and ROI: Iron Mountain Connect is valued for its cost-effectiveness and solid ROI. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, despite being more expensive, delivers higher ROI through its advanced features and capabilities.

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IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs. Iron Mountain Connect

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

51st

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Iron Mountain Connect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

61st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is 1.1%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Iron Mountain Connect is 0.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus	1.1%
Iron Mountain Connect	0.7%
Other	98.2%

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AhmedSorour

IT Specialist at Saudi Business Machines - SBM

Has provided straightforward backup and rapid deployment for diverse environments

There is reporting in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, but I'm not very familiar with this area. I always concentrated on getting the customer to do the backup, restore, and related tasks, but there is reporting. IBM has made a decision to withdraw the product and replace it with IBM Data Protect. The correct direction is Data Protect, which includes ransomware detection. With IBM Data Protect, you can add more servers for backup. It's scalable, which is a key feature over Storage Protect and Storage Protect Plus, even more capable than Veritas, because Veritas has an option to make different media servers. You can scale the backup process regardless of the load of the customer. This speeds up the backup and restore process for a complete data center, which cannot be done with any other product. I rate IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 9 out of 10.

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Raj Bhaduri

Enterprise architect at Centrica

Good policies related to data

I primarily use it for various policies related to data, such as data retention, data deletion, and archiving policies. All policies can be set using this system The most valuable feature for me is the policy management capabilities. I would like to see more integration with different platforms,…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable features are the API features because it allows you to integrate with your Microsoft SQL, your Oracle, and your IBM Db2."

"We used to use the solution with tapes a few years ago. We've switched to discs, and it has gotten much faster."

"When we need support, IBM is there."

"The feature I find most valuable is the offload to Spectrum Protect for long-term retention. I think the deduplication and replication are quite nice on Plus."

"If the system were to go down, we needed to make sure that the system could be recovered and available as soon as possible. Spectrum Protect provides you access to directly bind the backup volume to the server and make the system available instead of restoring it and copying the system."

"With this product, we now have a reliable backup solution."

"Using this tool, we can easily backup and restore or recover the data for PCs and mobiles in case of system crashes."

"The solution integrates well with other tools."

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"The most valuable feature for me is the policy management capabilities"

Cons

"The user experience is very bad and the interface needs to be improved."

"Instead of using the command prompt for troubleshooting and administering the backup, there should be an easy-to-use graphical user interface."

"Their first level of support can be improved. Often they are too junior to understand the issues we are having, and it takes too much time to get from them to the next level of support, which is what we actually need."

"I think the graphical reports are a shortcoming of the tool since it fails to provide my company with what we want in terms of reporting. Due to the product's inability to take care of its reporting part, we have to use third-party software."

"I would like integration into where the VMware guys can do their own restores."

"With ransomware protection and cyber protection, more improvement is possible."

"You end up needing to do a lot of troubleshooting to get things to work effectively."

"The replication feature is not available."

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"I would like to see more integration with different platforms."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price offering from IBM is coming down because it is based on number of VM machines. So, IBM is coming to the market to show the added value of the product."

"Unlike some other solutions, such as Veritas NetBackup where you have to pay for different licenses to use different features, there is a single license that allows you to use all of the features."

"I rate the price of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus a one on a scale of one to ten, where one is extremely expensive, and ten is very cheap."

"The solution is too expensive."

"The price is lower than that of some competing products."

"In addition to the standard licensing fees, we paid for implementation and training."

"If you need to extend it, it can be extended acting like a normal Spectrum Protect with a long archive."

"There is an annual license required to use IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. The cost of the license could improve, it is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

Retailer

18%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	17

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus?

Pricing is good; it is reasonable and more reasonable than any other vendors.

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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus?

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is very simple to deploy for us, but for more clients or competitors, the solution is hard to deploy and to integrate. For our team, deployment of IBM Spectrum Protect Plu...

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What is your primary use case for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus?

We are an IT integrator and we need to have a good vision of all recovery and backup recovery solutions. Most frequently, we use Veeam Backup. We use Cohesity. For some old workloads, we use IBM TS...

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Overview

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a data protection and availability solution for virtual environments that can be deployed in minutes and protect your environment within an hour. It simplifies data protection, whether data is hosted in physical, virtual, software-defined or cloud environments. It can be implemented as a stand-alone solution or integrate with your IBM Spectrum Protect environment to off-load copies for long term storage and data governance with scale and efficiency.

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